Trees
Plants that grow from a single stem above 5 metres
Allocasuarina littoralis - Black she-oak
Small Tree to 6-10m
Well-drained soil
Full sun to part shade
Tolerates salt spray
Minute red flower in spring followed by a cone 1-3cm
$3.50
Callistemon citrinus - Crimson Bottlebrush
Fast growing small tree 6-10m with fragrant leaves
Moist well drained soil
Full sun to part shade, frost tolerant
Red flower Sept - April
$3.50
Glochidion ferdinandi - Cheese Tree
Tree to 8- 10m
Bird and butterfly attracting
Full sun/ part shade
Well-drained soil
Hardy plant
$3.50
Acacia elongata - Swamp Wattle
Shrub 3-7m high
Flowers winter - spring
Full sun, part shade
Moist soil
Frost hardy
Bee attracting
Wildplant Community
Sandstone and sandy dry sclerophyll woodlands and heathlands.
$3.50
Archontophoenix cunninghamiana - Bangalow Palm
Large palm 20-25m
Produces red bird attracting berries
Partial shade to full sun
Does not handle frost
Moist soil
Wildplant Community
Sub-tropical rainforest.
$8.80
Acacia floribunda -Gossamer Wattle
Fast growing 3- 8m
Screening, hedge, erosion control
Suitable in most soil types
Full sun to part shade
Drought and frost tolerant
Wind and salt tolerant
Flowering in spring
Wildplant Community
Coastal eucalypt woodland and wet sclerophyll forests.
$3.50
Acacia irrorata subsp. irrorata - Sydney green wattle
Fast-growing tree up to 10-12m
Dark green feathery leaves
Full fun, part shade
Drought tolerant
Flowers Spring to Summer
$3.50
Callistemon shiressii - White Flowering Bottlebrush
Regionally Uncommon
Small tree 12m
Hedging, screening, erosion control
Damp heavy soil to sandy-loam
Full sun, part shade
Flower Sep-Jan
Wildplant Community
Moist eucalypt forest, rainforest and along riverbanks.
$3.50
Leptospermum laevigatum - Coastal Tea-tree
Small tree 2- 5m
Full sun, part shade
Tolerates poor soils
Flowers are white Aug-Oct
Tolerates salt spray
Wildplant Community
Confined to coastal environments – beaches, sand dunes, coastal shrublands, heathlands and dry sclerophyll woodlands
$3.50
Tristaniopsis laurina - Water Gum
Medium to large tree 15-30m
Sunny to light shade
Most soil types
Drought resistant
Delecate yellow flower
Attracts native bees
Wildplant Community
Riverbanks and rainforest openings.
$3.50
Livistona australis - Cabbage Tree Palm
Single stem palm up to 30m
Moist organic soils
Grows in full sun and full shade
Attracts large fruit feeding bird and bats
Wildplant Community
Rainforest margins, open forest, and swampy areas near the ocean.
$8.80
Pittosporum undulatum - Sweet Pittosporum
Rainforest small tree up to 15m
Grows in most soil types
Part shade to full shade
Fragrant flowers in Summer
Bird attracting
Wildplant Community
Rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest. It is now found in dry sclerophyll woodlands, shrublands and coastal heathlands where it does not belong.
$3.50
Eucalyptus robusta - Swamp Mahogany
Tree to 25m
Prefers waterlogged soils
Flowers in Autumn and Winter
Attracts nectar feeding birds
Wildplant Community
Coastal swamps and estuaries.
$3.50
Trema tomentosa var. aspera - Native Poison Peach
Fast growing 3m - 8m
Prefers sheltered positions
Can tolerate full sun
Moist well drained soil
Inconspicuous flowers Dec-March
Bird attracting fruit Feb-Aug
Wind break, shade tree
Wildplant Community
Margins of rainforest, in moist sclerophyll forest and in open rocky areas.
$3.50
Melia azardarch - White cedar
Deciduous tree to 12m
Full sun to part shade
Tolerates moist heavy soils
Flowers in Spring
Bird attracting
Shade tree
Wildplant Community
Broad range of climactic and soil conditions.
$3.50
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PO Box 149 Ourimbah NSW 2258
CEN OFFICES
FM Building, Central Coast Campus,
University of Newcastle,
Loop Road, Ourimbah,
NSW, 2258
Nursery Open
Thursdays 9am - 2:30pm
1st Saturday of the month 9am-12pm
